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A thought I had today, what if all the mine talk is actually about the mine restaurant being re-opened.


I do see the tnt area being used as space to help with a new entrance. It will likely also help with some back of house space needs as well. Possibly some warehouse/delivery space or bus parking for guest artist tour buses.

I really think the plan was to keep it open till 2028ish but something accelerated that timeline. The comment about it being open at coaster Christmas in 2027 really felt like a that will be the last Christmas for it to be open message.

I was about to post something similar. My window of opportunity is either this Friday or Sun-Mon. Personally I was thinking Monday would be the lightest day to go but with Christmas being on that following Thurs and winter break starting that might be moot, so yeah which day do you guys think would be worse to attend? I know better not to do Sat. Lol

I ended up going on Friday the 19th. The crowd was not bad. I'd guess about 13,000 people for the day. I was surprised it wasn't more crowded. I think it was because it was cooler on Friday and supposed to be a lot nicer this week

if the kids want to do coasters, yes a Trailblazer would be worth it this weekend

It does seem like they are blocking one of the main paths for a park expansion with this project.

Tomorrow should be a pretty good day to go for shows/lights/train.

I guess I didn't realize there was a launched Mack Minetrain let alone one in the States. 

I stand corrected, I thought there were some launched minetrains in the US, but I was incorrect. As I dove into this the only mine train I am finding that has a launch is Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Train at Hong Kong Disneyland. Are there others I am not seeing or is that really the only one?

[launched]

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I have zero proof to back this up but honestly putting together the pieces I don't see this can anything other than a launched (because that's all they've built lately) Mack (because they seem to have fallen in love with that company) mine train (just going off the teaser image shared at FanFest and the loud rumor that TNT is being removed). 

I'm open to debate on why my guess is incorrect but honestly I don't see how it will be anything else. 

That certainly seems likely, but what of that would be first of it's kind in the US?

Got a survey today from SDC/Hershend. It was mostly focused on the economy and your travel planning. It asked a couple of questions about optimism vs pessimism for yourself, the US, and the world. Also asked for specifics on why you think the country will be better or worse in the next 6 months.

I'm pretty pessimistic about my personal financial situation as well as the US in general. I've been looking for a new job for over a year and only had a couple of interviews that didn't go past the first round.

That said, I am trying to be hopeful that SDC won't cut back on the resort and new ride but from this survey, they seem to be trying to gauge how concerned about the economy and how likely to cut back on spending their customers are.

One last thing that stood out was they asked specifically if you had been to SDC, Disney World, Disneyland, or Dollywood in the last few years or plan to go in the next year. It just struck me as odd that they only included those 4 parks and not any others(particularly Universal)

How's everyone feeling about fanfest?

What was your favorite announcement?





My overall thoughts: it was alright, the announcements were about what I expected(although I thought they might have a new show or two next season). It felt like they are trying really hard to be more like Disney.


My favorite announcement, probably goes to the pretzel cheese bread. Getting some interior renderings of the resort was a solid second place.


One big question I was left with was with the announcement about the showboat, they said the ramblers would be moving there, so will they not be in the city at all next year? What will they replace them with?

Other thoughts: I think a men's button down shirt in the merch bag pattern would be fun.

I'm curious how you all define the difference between a theme park and an amusement park?

What all would you consider theme parks in the US?

Obviously Disney, universal, SDC, and dolly wood are all theme parks.
I think holiday world is another clear theme park as well as Hershey park.

I don't think any six flags park(including cedar fair properties) would count as a theme park in my mind.

Maybe we will get some info on September 27.

https://www.silverdollarcity.com/fanfest/

I'm betting nothing or a vague more things coming soon for this project.

Probably will be mostly about the resort and season passes for next year, maybe a new show.

Six flags has passes out right now with access to most if not all of their parks, for $5.99 a month for 12 month's
https://www.al.com/news/2025/08/six-flags-announces-major-nationwide-offer.html

I'm curious to hear what y'all think about that and its effects on HFE. Will they have an all park pass this upcoming season? Will they hold off on price increases this upcoming year?

Big lawsuit now from one of the investors, alleging fraud and manipulation

https://www.koamnewsnow.com/news/money/gene-bicknell-files-lawsuit-related-to-oklahoma-theme-park/article_dcff3d8a-2824-4d11-afb4-af6e9d0c08dc.html

They re-did the ones near the entrance (behind taffy shop) this year. They redid the ones near Mystic a few years ago when that opened.

The one near TNT/TT are too small though and should have been rebuilt larger back when they were redoing that area. That's the only one I can think of that is kinda bad though. The one near Fireman's whatever is probably too small now too. They should probably add one near the new plaza area eventually.

They really need an additional family restroom in fireman's landing, and a separate nursing room.

Dynamic pricing is just another way for them to squeeze more out of you. All the days you want to go will now cost more, in exchange for the days you can't go being cheaper. I really hate how HFEC follows these greedy industry trends now. As if trailblazer wasn't bad enough.

It is a good way to discourage some people from visiting on the busiest times.

They didn't ask about restricted dates for passes, I think we have a few more years before that happens.